1+ hour, 22+ min ago  (603+ words) Weightlifter Sarah Davies Smale will be returning to where it all began when she steps out onto the SEC Armadillo platform in two weeks’ time. The 33-year-old, who was born in Preston, first competed in the Commonwealth Games at Glasgow…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (211+ words) IRVINE harbourside residents have raised serious concerns over jet skiers on the water upsetting both humans and wildlife. At a meeting of the Irvine Harbour Residents Association last week, members voiced serious concerns about the dangers involved. One member of…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago  (627+ words) Alex Botterill is relishing his return to the Commonwealth Games stage almost a decade after his first taste of international competition. York-based Botterill was just a junior when he first represented his country at the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games, an experience…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago  (539+ words) Sam Bennett believes being selected for this summer’s Commonwealth Games is the reward for years of persistence in the face of injuries. The 110m hurdler from Basildon received the call while attending a programme designed to help athletes prepare for life…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago  (481+ words) A record number of people applied for a place in next year’s TCS London Marathon which will take place across two days, allowing 100,000 people to participate. There were 1,338,544 ballot applications from the UK and around the world requesting a place…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago  (427+ words) at his first Commonwealth Games and will settle for ‘nothing less’. The 21-year-old heads to Scotland’s largest city ready to step foot on the biggest stage of his fledgling career so far and kick on from his 90kg+ quarter-final appearance at…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (284+ words) The United States is out of the World Cup following a 4-1 defeat to Belgium in Seattle. Belgium opened the scoring in the ninth minute, Charles De Ketelaere capitalising on some sloppy defending to tap in a pass deep in the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (304+ words) Andy Burnham offers a fresh start for the relationship between the UK and Welsh governments, a minister has said. Dafydd Trystan Davies, Welsh Government cabinet minister for government effectiveness and the constitution, told BBC Politics Wales there is a “real…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (455+ words) Aberdeen’s Sonny Kerr thinks he has the most important trait to win medals for Team Scotland at the Commonwealth Games – a big heart. Kerr, 22, is a three-time defending Four Nations elite 70kg champion at light middleweight and is confident that his…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (519+ words) Filmmaker Olivia Wilde has said Diane Keaton’s DNA is “all over” her upcoming movie and praised the late actress for being “completely original”. Wilde, 42, dedicated her upcoming film, The Invite, to the actress who died in October aged 79 from pneumonia....